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Coin of Pergamum with bust of Livia, struck under Charinus

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
about 10–2 B.C.
Mint: Asia: Mysia, Pergamum

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 19x mm. Weight: 4.51 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3022
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Draped bust of Livia as Hera to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Draped bust of Julia to right, as Aphrodite.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963